QUOTE: "The term personal learning environment (PLE) describes the tools, communities, and services that constitute the individual educational platforms that learners use to direct their own learning and pursue educational goals. PLEs represent a shift away from the model in which students consume information through independent channels such as the library, a textbook, or an LMS, moving instead to a model where students draw connections from a growing matrix of resources that they select and organize.
In an environment where information is ubiquitous and needs only to be located, there is a greater premium on skills that support fast and accurate access to information and on the ability to assess that information. In this regard, teaching is less a matter of data transmission and more a collaborative exercise in collection, orchestration, remixing, and integration of data into knowledge building. The goal for the student shifts from a need to collect information to a need to draw connections from it—to acquire it, disseminate it, and collaborate in its use. Furthermore, the use of PLEs may herald a greater emphasis on the role that metacognition plays in learning, enabling students to actively consider and reflect upon the specific tools and resources that lead to a deeper engagement with content to facilitate their learning." (abstract from 7 Things You Should Know About Personal Learning Environments (ID: ELI7049))
And to be truly overwhelmed check out this directory of Web 2.0 applications here
October 18 and 19, 2010
Looking for more Web2.0 tools?
http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/3IHEmQqd8q7j"60 sites in 60 minutes"
http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/V2rGnrewcl7r
"Web2.0 tools for the Techie-Teacher-Wanna-Be"
Jog The Web Take a Dip in web 2.0 Link
Take a Dip in the web 2.0 pool session choices:
http://jeopardylabs.com/ Gretchen Allgeier (no password necessary)
PRACTICE WIKI (session one of two) Matthew Woolums
http://www.spellingcity.com/ (user name: gtteacher1 password: cagtcagt) Tamara Bilewski
http://cagt.etherpad.com/1 Robbi Makely
Jog The Web 21st Century Learning Link
21st Century Learning session choices:
http://wordle.net Gretchen Allgeier (no password necessary)
PRACTICE WIKI (session two of two) Matthew Woolums
http://www.vocaroo.com/ (password: cagtcagt) Tamara Bilewski
Poem Hunter - poetry to read
American Rhetoric - speeches to read
Blog - how teachers can use Vocaroo
http://tikatok.com/ (user name: cagtcagt password: cagtcagt) Robbi Makely
WHY WEB 2.0??
QUOTE: "The term personal learning environment (PLE) describes the tools, communities, and services that constitute the individual educational platforms that learners use to direct their own learning and pursue educational goals. PLEs represent a shift away from the model in which students consume information through independent channels such as the library, a textbook, or an LMS, moving instead to a model where students draw connections from a growing matrix of resources that they select and organize.In an environment where information is ubiquitous and needs only to be located, there is a greater premium on skills that support fast and accurate access to information and on the ability to assess that information. In this regard, teaching is less a matter of data transmission and more a collaborative exercise in collection, orchestration, remixing, and integration of data into knowledge building. The goal for the student shifts from a need to collect information to a need to draw connections from it—to acquire it, disseminate it, and collaborate in its use. Furthermore, the use of PLEs may herald a greater emphasis on the role that metacognition plays in learning, enabling students to actively consider and reflect upon the specific tools and resources that lead to a deeper engagement with content to facilitate their learning." (abstract from 7 Things You Should Know About Personal Learning Environments (ID: ELI7049))
And to be truly overwhelmed check out this directory of Web 2.0 applications here
DIFFERENTIATION 2.0
Content, Process, Product, Learning Environment
Essential Questions:
*How to address the diverse needs of gifted learners in a homogeneous classroom?
*How does technology allow for differentiation?
Personal Computers Help Gifted Students Work Smart
by Geoffrey Jones
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/pc.gifted.html++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Have a question? Here are the presenters' email addresses:
Kathleen_Allgeier@dpsk12.org (Gretchen)
CANDACE_MCGREGOR@dpsk12.org
Tamara_Bilewski@dpsk12.org
Roberta_Makely@dpsk12.org
Matthew_Woolums@dpsk12.org